Tall fescue-endophyte symbiosis

Tall Fescue for the Twenty-First Century

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 251-272

  Christensen, Michael J ^a   Voisey, Christine R ^a  

^a AGRESEARCH GRASSLANDS   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Endophyte growth; Endophyte hyphae; Endophyte symbiosis; Fungal endophytes; Host specificity; Intercalary hyphal extension; Metabolic activity; Neotyphodium coenophialum; P endophytes; Tall fescue

Indexed keywords

EID: 85102330554     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.2134/agronmonogr53.c14     Document Type: Chapter

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